La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2024/25

[Porfirii]

Try to stay calm, we are still here and fighting to get better. I don't expect Real Madrid to fail to win any titles this season, this means we still have the chance to win La Liga, the Copa Del Rey and the Champions League. All titles are still available, even though in La Liga Barcelona are already 8 points ahead of us. I wish Ancelotti all the success in our next match against Elche and Osasuna, and get ready to face Liverpool in the Champions League on February 22.

But in 2 days, we have a Club World Cup semi-final against Al Ahly, but I'm sure it's not a very important game for us to win.

I think too early predicting about  Real Madrid will miss their La Liga tittle due remaining 8 points behind Barcelona managed first standing awhile. La Liga have 18 matches left and many points hunt for many team and I don't think Barcelona will get all points, actually have second match for el clasico although and potential for Real Madrid to make points close.

Real Madrid have bad news for FIFA Club World Cup semifinal after official confirming with Karim Benzema and Luca Modric have absent, still European team always favorite become the winner in FIFA Club World Cup on every edition time.

8 points are not easy to overcome, but we've seen weirder things in football.

Winning Club World Cup semifinal and final (not a hard task for Real Madrid) can improve the spirit of the team, and this weekend FC Barcelona will play against Villarreal, which is sixth in the table, while Madrid will play the match against Elche, the worst team, in Santiago Bernabéu. This can lead to recovering a distance of three points and reducing the gap to only 5 in just one matchday.

[shinratensei_]

Xavi has succeeded in establishing a pattern with them. Now they just have to work hard to be consistent in every big match considering their flying hours will be even higher in the future if Barcelona manages to win La Liga and return to the big Champions League tournament. The consistency of Barcelona's young players will again be tested by Manchester United in the UEFA European League considering United are in the best form of play so far.

Yeah Barcelona are not playing for this season alone, they will be so happy if they can win the La Liga this season, but it would be useless if they win it this season and next season they are not challenging for it again, so what Xavi is trying to do now is to build a strong and consistent team, to build back the barca of before, and winning the La Liga this season will help them do it. They can still even win a treble, they are top of La Liga, the are in in Copa del rey semi-finals and still in the Europa league. I believe it is going to end up being a good season for Barcelona, and they can continue like that.

Laporta itself is fully believing if Barcelona will be winning la liga this season. Xavi is also very confident with the current squad of barcelona to be able to clean the sheet until the end of the season while im feeling doubt about that. There have been so many matches to come soon. I think that xavi as a coach shall not be cocky with the current squad. We didn't know what surprises that will come until the end of season. It's better for xavi to keep the squad on the right track rather than trying to be so cocky with its squads.
He can say that if barcelona already locked the title but there are still lots of matches to come. Barcelona will be trying to sell some players Ferran Torres, Ansu Fati, dan Rapinha in upcoming transfer season. let's see how long barcelona will able to maintain its win streak.

[Cryptmuster]

So far from what I've seen of Barcelona, they're building from the ground up. Yes, it was Xavi Hernandez who did it when he came to Barcelona. This season is the start of their awakening and even in La Liga they have been ahead of Real Madrid until this week. But there is something that I regret, when Barcelona rose, Real Madrid did the opposite. So there is no tough competition in the standings now.

That has changed in the last few rounds, but that's just because Real Madrid have been a bit unlucky, they can't lose all the time and the same can happen to Barcelona. I hope that Real will change the situation and be able to return to the fight for the championship. There is still a lot of time until the end of the championship and we cannot know what lies ahead for us, just as Barcelona may also have a recession or a series of unsuccessful matches.

[alpamar99]

So far from what I've seen of Barcelona, they're building from the ground up. Yes, it was Xavi Hernandez who did it when he came to Barcelona. This season is the start of their awakening and even in La Liga they have been ahead of Real Madrid until this week. But there is something that I regret, when Barcelona rose, Real Madrid did the opposite. So there is no tough competition in the standings now.

That has changed in the last few rounds, but that's just because Real Madrid have been a bit unlucky, they can't lose all the time and the same can happen to Barcelona. I hope that Real will change the situation and be able to return to the fight for the championship. There is still a lot of time until the end of the championship and we cannot know what lies ahead for us, just as Barcelona may also have a recession or a series of unsuccessful matches.

The condition of their players is still not convincing with the presence of several injured players. But I think this can still change over time because there are still quite a lot of matches remaining so this is still very possible for Madrid.
But indeed in other matters now Barcelona really has the upper hand which of course makes them more confident.

[wmaurik]

Barcelona's good form is very much commendable and with what I am seeing in the La Liga, Barcelona may likely be the champions of La Liga because Real Madrid has slided more than I expected. It wasn't nice for them to lose two consecutive matches or however. A one win and one draw would have made it a competitive but with 18 matches to go, 8 points is difficult to cover

Now Barcelona has an advantage of 8 points with Real Madrid so that Barcelona has a greater chance of getting the title in La Liga this season. Although it closes the possibility for Real Madrid to thwart Barcelona in getting the title in La Liga this season, because there are still many matches that will be played by all the teams in La Liga. But for now, it is clear that Barcelona has the upper hand in terms of titles.

Real Madrid started the season very well in all competitions, i really thought they would not find any difficulties to get la Liga trophy but in the past previous rounds they lost many points and now they are behind Barcelona with 8 points gap, Barcelona team is doing really great and i don't really think Madrid will catch them

Real Madrid will still continue to catch up on points from Barcelona with existing efforts while hoping that Barcelona can be beaten by another team in the remaining matches that are still in this season. Because 8 points is something that is not so easy for Real Madrid to chase even though it is still very possible to be chased by Real Madrid.

[slapper]

Xavi has succeeded in establishing a pattern with them. Now they just have to work hard to be consistent in every big match considering their flying hours will be even higher in the future if Barcelona manages to win La Liga and return to the big Champions League tournament. The consistency of Barcelona's young players will again be tested by Manchester United in the UEFA European League considering United are in the best form of play so far.

Yeah Barcelona are not playing for this season alone, they will be so happy if they can win the La Liga this season, but it would be useless if they win it this season and next season they are not challenging for it again, so what Xavi is trying to do now is to build a strong and consistent team, to build back the barca of before, and winning the La Liga this season will help them do it. They can still even win a treble, they are top of La Liga, the are in in Copa del rey semi-finals and still in the Europa league. I believe it is going to end up being a good season for Barcelona, and they can continue like that.

Laporta itself is fully believing if Barcelona will be winning la liga this season. Xavi is also very confident with the current squad of barcelona to be able to clean the sheet until the end of the season while im feeling doubt about that. There have been so many matches to come soon. I think that xavi as a coach shall not be cocky with the current squad. We didn't know what surprises that will come until the end of season. It's better for xavi to keep the squad on the right track rather than trying to be so cocky with its squads.
He can say that if barcelona already locked the title but there are still lots of matches to come. Barcelona will be trying to sell some players Ferran Torres, Ansu Fati, dan Rapinha in upcoming transfer season. let's see how long barcelona will able to maintain its win streak.

I see why you wouldn't give Barcelona much of a chance to win La Liga this season. Even if Laporta and Xavi have faith in their team, anything may happen in the next games. With the transfer window rapidly approaching, Xavi must make sure the team maintains its professionalism and resolve to not get too carried away with its own ego.

Xavi has done a fantastic job thus far, and Barca has a shot at winning the league, but they shouldn't lose sight of the fact that there are still other clubs in the hunt. Barcelona shouldn't take anything for granted since Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, and Sevilla all have legitimate shot at winning the championship.

Players (who you have mentioned) like Ferran Torres, Ansu Fati, and Rafinha have been rumored to be on the move, therefore the squad will likely be active in the transfer market as well. Success or failure depends heavily on Barcelona's personnel management in the forthcoming window.

[yudi09]

Xavi has succeeded in establishing a pattern with them. Now they just have to work hard to be consistent in every big match considering their flying hours will be even higher in the future if Barcelona manages to win La Liga and return to the big Champions League tournament. The consistency of Barcelona's young players will again be tested by Manchester United in the UEFA European League considering United are in the best form of play so far.

Yeah Barcelona are not playing for this season alone, they will be so happy if they can win the La Liga this season, but it would be useless if they win it this season and next season they are not challenging for it again, so what Xavi is trying to do now is to build a strong and consistent team, to build back the barca of before, and winning the La Liga this season will help them do it. They can still even win a treble, they are top of La Liga, the are in in Copa del rey semi-finals and still in the Europa league. I believe it is going to end up being a good season for Barcelona, and they can continue like that.

The important thing is Barcelona's level of consistency is needed to be able to realize what the Blaugrana wants. In addition to consistency, player injuries also do not occur in the rest of the season. If these two things are far from Barcelona, then that hope can be realized in my opinion.
Villarreal and Manchester United are the teams that Barcelona must face. A win over Villarreal will keep their position safe in La Liga and a win over Manchester United could keep their chances of advancing to the next round of the European League.

[fzkto]

Barcelona are inform more than real Madrid infact Barcelona are the most informed Spanish team as we speak, they gave won all their games this year , we saw how they thrashed Sevilla in their last match, and see currently 8points clear of real Madrid who list their last match against real Mallorca,  Barcelona have face the likes of Real Madrid in the Spanish super cup in the final and win them, even win athletico Madrid before the real Madrid match, so Barcelona are the best Spanish team as it stands and if they continue with this form they will surely win the league title for the first time in 3 years.

Barcelona is not only ahead of Real Madrid and gallantly on standing, they won their last 5 matches and out of that, they made 4 clean sheets, that is something anyone should be happy about but Madrid has lost two good important matches they could have at least draw even in their worst moment, that is good 6 points they have missed, had it been they draw that two matches, they would only be just 6 points instead of that 8 which I'm confident they can meet up in the remaining 18 matches, there is no way that Barcelona wouldn't lose two or draw out of that matches, only miracle can make Real Madrid get ahead of Barcelona.

You're probably right about Real Madrid being unlikely to win the league this season, but 18 games to go is not a small amount. They're eight points behind Barcelona and that's a big gap. But the Champions League and Europa League are about to start and both Real Madrid and Barcelona could start to make mistakes. It seems to me that Real are more experienced in such situations. And if Barcelona start to make mistakes, Real will seize the moment. But it could also be the other way round.

[tranthidung]

I see why you wouldn't give Barcelona much of a chance to win La Liga this season. Even if Laporta and Xavi have faith in their team, anything may happen in the next games. With the transfer window rapidly approaching, Xavi must make sure the team maintains its professionalism and resolve to not get too carried away with its own ego.

My point is you can not believe in Barcelona at either beginning or early of this season but now the season has passed more than a half of it. More important, if Barcelona maintain their good performance and ranking as well as gap against Real Madrid in next 8 matches, it will be time to seriously change your mind. Because when a season comes to last weeks, believe it or not, they are doing good jobs and they have good gap against competitors. It is enough to consider them as a best candidate for La Liga crown.

Xavi has done a fantastic job thus far, and Barca has a shot at winning the league, but they shouldn't lose sight of the fact that there are still other clubs in the hunt. Barcelona shouldn't take anything for granted since Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, and Sevilla all have legitimate shot at winning the championship.

Life is not easy for Xavi as a few months ago, people tried to say Xavi has very poor stats compared with previous coaches. Now they have to keep silent and avoid to mention about their past remarks against Xavi.

Players (who you have mentioned) like Ferran Torres, Ansu Fati, and Rafinha have been rumored to be on the move, therefore the squad will likely be active in the transfer market as well. Success or failure depends heavily on Barcelona's personnel management in the forthcoming window.

Rafinha can move but Ansu Fati will surely stay in Nou Camp and perhaps Ferran Torres too. I believe that Ansu Fati will have a better career than Bojan Krkic in Barcelona but first he must improve his performance and avoid more injuries. To avoid injuries, he must watch videos and learn how Messi, Robben adjusted themselves to change from very sensitive players to rarely injured players in later of their careers.

[Oluwa-btc]

My point is you can not believe in Barcelona at either beginning or early of this season but now the season has passed more than a half of it. More important, if Barcelona maintain their good performance and ranking as well as gap against Real Madrid in next 8 matches, it will be time to seriously change your mind. Because when a season comes to last weeks, believe it or not, they are doing good jobs and they have good gap against competitors. It is enough to consider them as a best candidate for La Liga crown.

Xavi has done a fantastic job thus far, and Barca has a shot at winning the league, but they shouldn't lose sight of the fact that there are still other clubs in the hunt. Barcelona shouldn't take anything for granted since Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, and Sevilla all have legitimate shot at winning the championship.

Life is not easy for Xavi as a few months ago, people tried to say Xavi has very poor stats compared with previous coaches. Now they have to keep silent and avoid to mention about their past remarks against Xavi.

Players (who you have mentioned) like Ferran Torres, Ansu Fati, and Rafinha have been rumored to be on the move, therefore the squad will likely be active in the transfer market as well. Success or failure depends heavily on Barcelona's personnel management in the forthcoming window.

Rafinha can move but Ansu Fati will surely stay in Nou Camp and perhaps Ferran Torres too. I believe that Ansu Fati will have a better career than Bojan Krkic in Barcelona but first he must improve his performance and avoid more injuries. To avoid injuries, he must watch videos and learn how Messi, Robben adjusted themselves to change from very sensitive players to rarely injured players in later of their careers.

Even the poll created in this thread displayed that Real Madrid are much more favorites to some people depending on how they dominated the La Liga last season. Real Madrid has no chance of winning the league I don't see such occuring.
Yep, big claps for Xavi Hernandez, he's improvement within the player's both on and of the game is what every Barcelona has wished fir themselves. I want to see Xavi Hernandez continue in this form and possibly extension of the points to fifteenth points .

Raphina need not go watch Lionel Messi and Argen Robben. He needs be himself so he wouldn't want to do twice as much as they've done for them respective club's. That's what exactly what Dembele does. With much better consistency I know they'll win the Spanish League.

[rahmad2nd]

When you say 17 games is a lot, isn't 8 points just a little.
I think by saying 17 matches is still very long, it still makes Madrid's chance real. We know that earlier in the season, Madrid also excelled by almost the same points when Barclona lost concentration a little, but conditions are turning now and it's not impossible that there will be a reversal later. No.
I think there is still a chance, it just depends on the performance of the two teams in the remaining matches.

In the second half of this season, the Barcelona players showed a more mature game, especially the midfield role they had. we don't need to doubt Lewandowski, but for other players there are still many mistakes they made at the start of the season. in particular, when Barcelona played its matches in the Champions League. but in the second half of the season, the Barcelona players showed a different game. they play more compactly, the bonds of the players are starting to be strong, the chemistry is getting more solid. Unfortunately, I can't confirm that the mentality of Xavi's squad is getting more solid. but at least, Barcelona has a big chance to win the La Liga trophy this season.

On the other hand, Madrid's performance has decreased, plus several of their mainstay players have suffered injuries. This problem has made Madrid's performance even worse, and of course Don Carlo is not happy with his team's current situation. fortunately, La Liga still has 17 matches remaining. there are still many opportunities for Madrid to catch up with their points from Barcelona.

[bering]

madrid lost 1-0 to mallorca and the saddest thing is that madrid in this match could only make 1 "shot on target". without benzema, madrid's front line looks toothless but actually, Ancelotti is trying hard to make madrid's front line not depend on benzema because that's not good.

I can't believe that Ancelotti is trying not to rely on Benzema now. The team has depended on Benzema for the last two seasons. And there is no way to reduce this dependence without a suitable replacement for Benzema. Madrid needs a talented and experienced striker now. But Ancelotti is only relying on two young players like Vinicius and Rodrygo. These two players are talented, but they are not experienced. Madrid needs experienced players.

Real Madrid want to rely on Benzema for each matches but Benzema was often to get injured and this makes Real Madrid cannot played him even during this season Benzema only can played him 12 times and Ancelotti was attempts to experiment with played other player such as Rodrygo as the replacement of Benzema but his performance doesn't really good and this is the risk when some of particular clubs always be rely on one player because if those players got injured the performance of those clubs will automatically decline

I was wondering in winter transfer window why Real Madrid doesn't try to signing new strikers because i think if Real Madrid bought at least one player probably they will solved this problem

[Luzin]

I was wondering in winter transfer window why Real Madrid doesn't try to signing new strikers because i think if Real Madrid bought at least one player probably they will solved this problem

There is no news about the policy taken by Real Madrid regarding transfers. The last rumor is Belingham which is in demand by Anceloti. But the news just evaporated. Actually, I am also waiting for the moment for this, because they are currently the right time to regenerate players who are getting old. Especially in the striker position. I don't really understand if they put it all in place to buy Mbaape? It became a mystery. They should be able to use this season to buy some of the players they need.

[Fara Chan]

I'm pretty sure Real Madrid will be back at their best. because they also have to prepare for the matches in the last 16 in the Champions League. Although Real Madrid seems quite lucky. because Liverpool, who will be against Real Madrid in the Champions League, are currently in equally bad performance. maybe even worse than Real Madrid. yes, the teams in LaLiga are currently giving surprises. different from the first half of the season. we can guess the outcome of the match quite easily. but nowadays every game is a little bit difficult to predict. because teams that were considered weak were slowly starting to show that they were also quite strong and could not be underestimated.

Real Madrid only needs some time to improve their game performance again, in fact this season Real Madrid is performing well unlike Liverpool and also Chelsea who have lost consistent team performance this season even recently Liverpool and Chelsea have performed poorly, but Real Madrid is different. Madrid, they lost yesterday against Mallorca and it's not that they didn't perform well, I think it happened because one of the main players is still injured.

It won't be long before the Champions League will restart and now it's about Real Madrid meeting Liverpool in the last 16, I think Real Madrid has prepared it carefully, one thing that is fortunate for Real Madrid they met Liverpool who this season have lost control of their performance, both teams need extra performance to strengthen the team to meet in the last 16, I think if Real Madrid and also the players fully recover I think Real Madrid will excel in this match.

[Porfirii]

I was wondering in winter transfer window why Real Madrid doesn't try to signing new strikers because i think if Real Madrid bought at least one player probably they will solved this problem

There is no news about the policy taken by Real Madrid regarding transfers. The last rumor is Belingham which is in demand by Anceloti. But the news just evaporated. Actually, I am also waiting for the moment for this, because they are currently the right time to regenerate players who are getting old. Especially in the striker position. I don't really understand if they put it all in place to buy Mbaape? It became a mystery. They should be able to use this season to buy some of the players they need.

It would be a good strategy for them to incorporate new players if they continue with the current negative trend. At least people would see that the Club is putting the necessary means to solve the problem, because inactivity could be seen as the worse decision if they keep losing ground with respect to FC Barcelona.

[Jody.Drummer]

So far from what I've seen of Barcelona, they're building from the ground up. Yes, it was Xavi Hernandez who did it when he came to Barcelona. This season is the start of their awakening and even in La Liga they have been ahead of Real Madrid until this week. But there is something that I regret, when Barcelona rose, Real Madrid did the opposite. So there is no tough competition in the standings now.

That has changed in the last few rounds, but that's just because Real Madrid have been a bit unlucky, they can't lose all the time and the same can happen to Barcelona. I hope that Real will change the situation and be able to return to the fight for the championship. There is still a lot of time until the end of the championship and we cannot know what lies ahead for us, just as Barcelona may also have a recession or a series of unsuccessful matches.

Madrid's decline in performance was well maximized by Barcelona in this regard, but it is still too early to continue to be confident now with the condition of 8 points.
Even if it is quite big, but on the other hand La Liga is still very long and of course this is still a little complicated if indeed when their busy schedule will eventually create some difficult conditions like at the start of last season.
At the moment all possibilities can still happen but what is certain I feel now is that if Madrid can improve conditions then the competition will be even more interesting later.

[Iroh]

I was wondering in winter transfer window why Real Madrid doesn't try to signing new strikers because i think if Real Madrid bought at least one player probably they will solved this problem

They do need new players in their ranks. For example, there are some speculations about Asensio leaving the club for Arsenal at the end of his contract. If he does make the move to Arsenal, they would need to find someone to replace him. Also, it’s in my opinion that the management start looking for a replacement for Luka Modric and Toni kroos. They’re still good players; just not as good as they used to be. The replacements, if any should be of solid quality. Their situation would improve if they acquire new players and not having to rely on a certain few to score goals.

[Docnaster]

So far from what I've seen of Barcelona, they're building from the ground up. Yes, it was Xavi Hernandez who did it when he came to Barcelona. This season is the start of their awakening and even in La Liga they have been ahead of Real Madrid until this week. But there is something that I regret, when Barcelona rose, Real Madrid did the opposite. So there is no tough competition in the standings now.

That has changed in the last few rounds, but that's just because Real Madrid have been a bit unlucky, they can't lose all the time and the same can happen to Barcelona. I hope that Real will change the situation and be able to return to the fight for the championship. There is still a lot of time until the end of the championship and we cannot know what lies ahead for us, just as Barcelona may also have a recession or a series of unsuccessful matches.

Madrid's decline in performance was well maximized by Barcelona in this regard, but it is still too early to continue to be confident now with the condition of 8 points.
Even if it is quite big, but on the other hand La Liga is still very long and of course this is still a little complicated if indeed when their busy schedule will eventually create some difficult conditions like at the start of last season.
At the moment all possibilities can still happen but what is certain I feel now is that if Madrid can improve conditions then the competition will be even more interesting later.

Everyone is undergoing a decline in performance. Unlike EPL The last I checked, every big named club was lost in the space of the last two weeks. Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool lose. The case isn't different in Italy series a, Ac Milan, Juventus, and many others are going through the same thing. We still have many games left to play, this club will return to its normal winning state. Madrid returning to its winning form isn't a Big problem.

[asriloni]

I was wondering in winter transfer window why Real Madrid doesn't try to signing new strikers because i think if Real Madrid bought at least one player probably they will solved this problem

There is no news about the policy taken by Real Madrid regarding transfers. The last rumor is Belingham which is in demand by Anceloti. But the news just evaporated. Actually, I am also waiting for the moment for this, because they are currently the right time to regenerate players who are getting old. Especially in the striker position. I don't really understand if they put it all in place to buy Mbaape? It became a mystery. They should be able to use this season to buy some of the players they need.

That's very disappointing madrid didn't buy some important players that may replace the old players like tony kroos. Jude bellingham should become the main target by madrid but as you said that the rumor was just disappearing from the market. Real madrid is not interested anymore with mbappe but the transfer decision will be coming from ancellotti.

I quoted what ancellotti said during the transfer season in january

Ancelotti emphasized his faith in his squad, telling reporters: "We didn’t dip into the winter market because we didn’t need to. If you plan your squad well in summer then you don’t need to use the winter market. When you sign in January it means something has happened, which could be an injury, but we’re fine."

Ancelotti also criticised the intense schedule in the coming months:

"This club doesn’t take any matches off and we try to win every competition," he said. "But, the schedule is too much and there is a limit."

source: https://www.goal.com/en/news/ancelotti-why-real-madrid-did-absolutely-nothing-january-transfer-window/bltf9bf1eebe20db31c

Ancellotti was making wrong prediction about that. Ancellotti might have bought some players caused there will be many schedules for real madrid.

[Bobrox]

Real Madrid only needs some time to improve their game performance again, in fact this season Real Madrid is performing well unlike Liverpool and also Chelsea who have lost consistent team performance this season even recently Liverpool and Chelsea have performed poorly, but Real Madrid is different. Madrid, they lost yesterday against Mallorca and it's not that they didn't perform well, I think it happened because one of the main players is still injured.

It won't be long before the Champions League will restart and now it's about Real Madrid meeting Liverpool in the last 16, I think Real Madrid has prepared it carefully, one thing that is fortunate for Real Madrid they met Liverpool who this season have lost control of their performance, both teams need extra performance to strengthen the team to meet in the last 16, I think if Real Madrid and also the players fully recover I think Real Madrid will excel in this match.

I think Real Madrid will back to the winning record and today have match in FIFA Club World Cup semifinal against Al Ahly, have to wake up and return back to the top performance actually few weeks later have important match in Champion League. Depending with Liverpool I think Real Madrid have better performance because in domestic league have 2nd standing position than Liverpool drop to 9th standing.

Real Madrid have busy matches before UEFA Champion League round 16, seems Carlo Ancelotti have prepare for Real Madrid winning at all matches from FIFA Club World Cup, La Liga until UEFA Champion League match.